Case study of a development project

Question 0

Environmental effect

Answer 0

• program chooses animals that will not harm the area or upset the food chain and they are fed with food grown easily and locally
• manure and crop residues are used to improve poor soil. Reforestation and tree-saving projects are key components.
• EADD aims to provide gas and electricity produces by agricultural waste

Question 1

Project and funding ?

Answer 1

East Africa Dairy Development (EADD)
Help from Heifer International and the World Agroforestry Centre
$255 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Question 2

Economic effect

Answer 2

• Improvement in small businesses
• more income generated, spent on public services
• unemployment reduced as jobs have been created
• dairy trading has greatly improved from when dairy made up for 4% of Kenya’a GDP
• 80% of 90,000 mobilised farmers in Kenya have bank accounts
• now there is $5million in farmer investment and savings

Question 3

Social effect

Answer 3

• more disposable income
• better health care, education and standard of living = more sustainable living
• better quality of life
• now 26% of leaders are women as their rights and opportunities have improved

Question 4

Effect on government

Answer 4

• government is much more popular
• receives heightened revenue
• trade routes opened up
• more money to pay off debts